There are 6 ways to get from Tuticorin Port to Colombo by plane, train, ferry, bus, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Tuticorin Airport
best- Fly from Tuticorin Airport (TCR) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane TCR - CMB
6h 30mRs 75,853–108,781Train, ferry via Thanjavur
cheapest- Take the train from Tuticorin to Thanjavurtrain
- Take the train from Thanjavur to Nagappattinamtrain
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Forttrain
23h 1mRs 26,682–37,969Train, ferry
- Take the train from Tuti Melur to Tiruchchirapalitrain
- Take the train from Tiruchchirapali to Nagappattinamtrain
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Forttrain
21h 37mRs 26,746–37,968Bus, ferry via Tiruchirappalli
- Take the bus from Thoothukudi to Maduraibus
- Take the bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappallibus
- Take the bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinambus
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the bus from Kankesanturai to Pettahbus
22h 29mTaxi to Madurai, fly
- Take the taxi from Tuticorin Port to Madurai-Airport-IXMtaxi
- Fly from Madurai (IXM) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane IXM - CMB
3h 22mRs 58,660–109,189Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Thoothukudi to Maduraibus
- Take the bus from Madurai to Nagapattinambus
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the bus from Jaffna to Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminalbus
27h 41m
Tuticorin Airport (TCR) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tuticorin Port to Colombo is to train and ferry via Thanjavur which costs Rs. 26000 - Rs. 38000 and takes 23h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Tuticorin Port to Colombo is to taxi and fly which takes 3h 22m and costs Rs. 55000 - Rs. 110000.
The distance between Tuticorin Port and Colombo is 321 km.
The best way to get from Tuticorin Port to Colombo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 37m and costs Rs. 26000 - Rs. 38000.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Tuticorin Port to Colombo, including transfers.
There are 1358+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Tuticorin Port, India and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
IndiGo Airlines flies from Tuticorin Airport (TCR) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 4 times a day.
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Tuticorin Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 65,000–95,000
Flights from Tuticorin Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 65,000–95,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Madurai to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 39,000–45,000
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Tuti Melur to Tiruchchirapali
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 750–6,000
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 750–950
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 2,000–2,600
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,800–3,600
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 4,700–6,000
Train from Tiruchchirapali to Nagappattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 500–4,100
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 500–650
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,500–1,900
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,000–2,500
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 3,200–4,100
Train from Tuticorin to Thanjavur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 800–6,500
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 800–1,000
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 2,200–2,800
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 3,100–3,900
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 5,000–6,500
Train from Thanjavur to Nagappattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 470–3,700
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 470–550
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,300–1,700
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 1,800–2,300
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 2,900–3,700
- Phone
- +94 114 600 111
- Website
- Sri Lanka Railways
Train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Fort
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–3,400
- Website
- Sri Lanka Railways
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,500–1,900
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,600–3,400
Train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Fort
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–3,400
- Website
- Sri Lanka Railways
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,500–1,900
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,600–3,400
- Phone
- +91 97514 35999
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBM Traansport
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- SBM Traansport
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- SBM Traansport
Bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- SBM Traansport
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- SBM Traansport
Bus from Madurai to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- SBM Traansport
- Website
- Sri Bala Tours and Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- Sri Bala Tours and Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- Sri Bala Tours and Travels
- Phone
- +91 99924 52851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sri Kumaran Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Sri Kumaran Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Sri Kumaran Travels
- Phone
- +91 9021264955
- [email protected]
- Website
- National Travels - Ratnagiri
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- National Travels - Ratnagiri
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- National Travels - Ratnagiri
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- National Travels - Ratnagiri
- Website
- SPS Travels India
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- SPS Travels India
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- SPS Travels India
- Website
- Senthur velan Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Senthur velan Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Senthur velan Travels
- Website
- Thiru Kumaran Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- Thiru Kumaran Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- Thiru Kumaran Travels
- Phone
- +91 89399 49730
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sri SMS Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- Sri SMS Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Sri SMS Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- Sri SMS Travels
- Website
- Dheena Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- Dheena Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- Dheena Travels
- Phone
- 84899 10650
- [email protected]
- Website
- Essaar Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- Essaar Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- Essaar Travels
- Phone
- +91 90035 51105
- [email protected]
- Website
- Air Indiaa Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- Air Indiaa Travels
Bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Air Indiaa Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- Air Indiaa Travels
- Website
- Sri Senthur Murugan Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Sri Senthur Murugan Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Sri Senthur Murugan Travels
- Website
- YBM Travels(BLM)
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- YBM Travels(BLM)
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- YBM Travels(BLM)
- Website
- Sri Velan Tranports
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Sri Velan Tranports
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Sri Velan Tranports
- Website
- Rana Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Rana Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Rana Travels
- Website
- Kallazhagar Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Kallazhagar Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- Kallazhagar Travels
Bus from Thoothukudi to Madurai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Kallazhagar Travels
- Website
- Finch travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- Finch travels
- Phone
- +91 7094688666
- [email protected]
- Website
- PALSLNT Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- PALSLNT Travels
- Website
- PALSLNT Travels
- Website
- Subi Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- Subi Travels
- Website
- Kumar Lines
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- Kumar Lines
- Phone
- 91 82870 09889
- [email protected]
- Website
- Zingbus
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,200–2,700
- Schedules at
- Zingbus
- Website
- Sri Swarnameena Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Sri Swarnameena Travels
- Website
- LION Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- LION Travels
Bus from Madurai to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- LION Travels
- Website
- Sri Siddhan Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- Sri Siddhan Travels
- Website
- Vpl Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Vpl Travels
- Website
- Miracle Tours & Travels
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Miracle Tours & Travels
- Phone
- +91 6385734950
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aron Transports
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Aron Transports
- Website
- Aron Transports
Bus from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Sri Ganesh Transports & Travels
- Phone
- +91 80566 50533
- [email protected]
- Website
- Krish Travels
Bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- Krish Travels
- Phone
- +382 31 33 60 06
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Line
Bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 23,757
- Schedules at
- Blue Line
- Phone
- +91 4224349490
- [email protected]
- Website
- City Travels
Bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- City Travels
- Website
- City Travels
- Phone
- +91 9865511926
- [email protected]
- Website
- Universal Travels
Bus from Tiruchirappalli to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- Universal Travels
Bus from Madurai to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Universal Travels
- Phone
- +94 76 714 8292
- [email protected]
- Website
- ncgexpress.lk
Bus from Kankesanturai to Pettah
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,700–2,800
- Schedules at
- NCG Express Facebook
- Sleeper/Seater
- Rs 2,700–2,800
- Phone
- +91 7448399777
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rr Travels
Bus from Madurai to Nagapattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Rr Travels
- Schedules at
- Rr Travels
- Phone
- +94 011-2587372
- [email protected]
- Website
- National Transport Commission
Bus from Jaffna to Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–1,650
- Website
- National Transport Commission
- Schedules at
- NTC Schedules
- Standard
- Rs 1,300–1,500
- Semi Lux
- Rs 1,600–2,300
- Super Lux
- Rs 3,000–3,900
- Phone
- 022 - 22026666
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,698
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,698
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,698
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,698
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Estimated price
- Rs 11,000–14,000
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